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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reading a text file using bash Post 302837755 by kashif.live on Friday 26th of July 2013 04:20:00 PM
Old 07-26-2013
ok guys. thanks alot. got answer:

Code:
sed 1d filename | while read -a words
do

ip_address="${words[0]}"
echo $ip_address
hostName="${words[1]}"
echo $hostName
pLocation="${words[2]}"
echo $pLocation
apLocation="${words[3]}"
echo $apLocation
tftpserver="${words[4]}"
echo $tftpserver


done

@zaxxon: I hope I've learned now. Smilie

Last edited by kashif.live; 07-26-2013 at 05:26 PM..
 

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echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int echo(void); int noecho(void); DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially, curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft- ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR. ERRORS
No errors are defined. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)
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